Staffing
| November 27, 2018
Heavy hospice caseloads, delayed unionization hurting care
John Shannon’s growing caseload was causing the social worker in hospice care to rush from patient to patient.
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| November 20, 2018
Improper pay rates down $4.59 billions, CMS says
A sharp drop in home health improper payments, in particular, is a big part of the reason why.
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| November 20, 2018
Post-acute nurses find more satisfaction in career, report shows
Pay and benefits for home care, hospice, palliative care and long-term care nurses haven’t always been on par with nurses who work in the acute setting.
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| October 25, 2018
Challenges in skilled nursing facilities: a conversation
Greystone's Frank Small discusses with Multi-Housing News the impact of the forthcoming Patient-Driven Payment Model on operators and sheds light on other pressing issues in the field.
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| October 16, 2018
As some states seem short on staff, some find surplus by 2030
In two years, California is projected to be short almost 45,000 registered nurses (RNs), while Florida will have a surplus of almost 54,000.
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| September 10, 2018
Nursing home employees allegedly scam resident out of $600k
She trusted the workers at her nursing home to help her, but her Public Guardian says some just helped themselves to her money.
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| August 9, 2018
Welltower promotes, Brookdale appoints, and Charter Senior living staffs in rundown of latest news
Movers & Shakers is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Job Board.
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| August 8, 2018
Four Connecticut nursing homes fined
The state Department of Public Health has fined four nursing homes following staff errors and lapses in care earlier this year.
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| August 2, 2018
Some hospice providers neglecting patients, abusing Medicare, according to HHS report
The report calls for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which is a key player in the funding of hospice services, to increase its level of scrutiny to improve the detection of these problems.
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| August 1, 2018
CMS gives one-star ratings to nearly 1400 nursing homes
Less than a month after a New York Times story revealed concerns about insufficient nursing home staffing levels, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) handed out nearly 1,400 one-star reviews.
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